Selecting something and all in it

[PoisonedV]

So this is a really basic question.In photoshop ,How do I select something, and then all of the space inside it.

EDIT: Er uh wow. That made no sense. I mean, for example say I make a black outline of a circle. How can I select the circle in the space in it?

[Pasquale]

Ooer, you mean if it is an outline only?
Well if you kept the path you might be able to use that- or just fill it in with a really solid colour, then magic wand it and grab the shape?

I'm kinda confused as to what you mean?

I am assuming you are trying to select the inside of a lined circle?

[mlk]

use the magic wand

or ctrl-click a layer thumbnail in the layers palette to select all opaque pixels

remember that you can press alt/shift during selection to remove/add selection areas

[hybrid101]

brush over the area you wanna select in a separate layer, press shift and click that layer to get the selection area, go to the original layer with the stuff on it;)